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Kansas employers, word from your Department of Labor is that unemployment is down, and going down further. Great news, right? Well, it might not be such good news if you are an employer out there in search of new talent for your business, because that means you could have trouble tracking down the right candidates from the narrow pool of possible applicants out there.

That is why the Kansas governor is instituting a program called the On-Track Initiative, whose purpose is to help all of you Kansas employers in this predicament with your ability to recruit and keep the best possible workers for your company.

The program’s long name is Training, Recruitment and Careers in Kansas. However you spell it, it is meant to act like a link between Kansas employers and the possible workers out there in the job market. The initiative is open to all Kansas employers out there, so it doesn’t matter how big or how small you are, you can get help from the Kansas government with your recruiting issues. Industries such as aviation, health care, energy, communications, animal health, bioscience, and even the military are expected to benefit from the program.

On-Track will also even try to help the state’s public and private school districts out there with their efforts to get math, science and special education teachers, especially in the rural areas of the state or areas hard hit by poverty. The program will provide training and certification for the right individuals.

The governor is making to sure to put adequate funding for the program in her upcoming budget, say my sources, and will also focus on how to improve the state’s image in the country in order to attract both more workers to the state, as well as more businesses and employers.

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